The entire mainstream media (plus Fox News!) have been assuring us that Portland was a tranquil town, with the occasional peaceful protest … until President Trump’s storm troopers showed up and turned it into a war zone. This portrayal contrasts markedly with videos that have been posted on Twitter every night for more than two months now, especially by @MrAndyNgo, showing helmeted psychotics hurling Molotov cocktails at […]
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Customers at a UK McDonald’s found a blue face mask baked into their chicken nugget meal. The disgusting discovery was made Tuesday when a six-year-old girl bit into the nugget purchased at the restaurant in Aldershot, Hampshire, nearly choking on it in the process. The girl’s mother, Laura Arber, 32, said she had to induce vomiting to get the object to exit her daughter’s mouth. “It […]
By Paul Joseph Watson of SummitNews With masks now becoming mandatory in many countries inside supermarkets, public buildings and transport systems, SoftBank Robotics Europe has reprogrammed its “cutesy” Pepper android to help enforce the new rules. A video demonstration shows the robot scanning people’s faces and then telling individuals not wearing a mask to put one on, while thanking those who are already wearing them. “Using […]
(Natural News) Large corporations are now taking advantage of their power and influence to communicate their positions on social issues, whether it’s about the environment, perceived inequalities or human rights issues. Using social media and marketing campaigns, corporations are trying to be the face of social change and cast their companies as socially responsible. But most of the corporate marketing is all talk, no action. One […]
After spending decades bracing for massive military assaults from nearby states, Israel is now more focused on detecting low-grade assaults and terrorist threats in a timely manner, which explains a shift in financing, the former official alleged. The Israeli Mossad significantly exceeding its 1.5 billion NIS ($440 million) budget, as the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) are struggling to keep their weapons programmes running, is not as […]
Police in Malaysia raided the office of the news channel Al Jazeera in the capital Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The closure of the office raises concerns about the Malaysian authorities’ crackdown on the freedom of the press. Tuesday’s raid, in which the police seized two computers, comes after the Malaysian government said that it was investigating the channel on charges of sedition, defamation and violating the country’s […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three teenagers fleeing police while carrying a semiautomatic gun in a backpack jumped a wall at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, but probably didn’t know that’s where they were, authorities said Wednesday. Palm Beach Police spokesman Michael Ogrodnick said the 15-year-old boys were arrested shortly after they entered the grounds of the resort Friday and dumped the backpack, which contained a […]
WASHINGTON — The Army, in conjunction with the Navy, is planning to conduct three flight tests of its hypersonic glide body in 2021, an ambitious schedule to initially fielding the weapon in fiscal 2023, according to Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, who is in charge of the Army’s rapid development of hypersonics, directed energy and space capabilities. The Army and Navy had a successful first flight test […]
Just when Mark Zuckerberg really looked to be making inroads with Trump and his inner circle by resisting a corporate ad boycott on the grounds that it was a misguided attempt to push more conservative voices off the world’s most popular social media platform, Facebook on Wednesday removed a post from the president’s page for containing allegedly “false and misleading” information about the coronavirus. The post […]
Americans Plant Mysterious Seeds Despite Government Warnings by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com In June, Tiffany Lowery of Kentucky thought the seeds had been mailed to her by her planting club, so she sowed them into the dirt and gave them plenty of water and sunshine. But as the plant sprouted from its pot, Lowery came to learn she had made a mistake. Kelly Dean of local broadcast network WBKO reports […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the mammoth explosion that rocked Beirut was likely an accident, pouring cold water on a theory floated by the president, who claimed the Pentagon assessed that a “bomb” had set off the blast. “[We’re] still getting information on what happened,” Esper told the Aspen Security Conference on Wednesday, but added “most believe it was an accident as reported, and beyond […]
Amazon Workers Blocked Delivery Trucks For Hours By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Vice. August 5, 2020 Amazon Workers Blocked Delivery Trucks For Hours2020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/amazon.png200px200px Above photo: YouTube/Labor Video. A caravan of protestors demanding increased pay and COVID-19 protections disrupted business at an Amazon Distribution Center in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday. Amazon warehouse workers shut down deliveries at an Amazon Distribution Center in the San Francisco […]
An uncovered US Agency for International Development (USAID) document lays out a blueprint for regime change in Nicaragua. An expert told Sputnik the playbook shines a new light on the 2018 protests in Nicaragua as well as similar operations in other countries targeted by the US, such as Venezuela. A new report by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) has revealed a guide to regime change […]
Warning: This post contains content that may be disturbing to viewers. Newly released video shows a North Carolina man’s final moments in a county jail, where he called out, “I can’t breathe,” as detention officers held him face down for 12 minutes and made jokes while trying to remove his handcuffs. The footage was made public on Wednesday after a group of news outlets, including The […]
Tropical Storm Isaias downed wires and uprooted trees, like this one in New York City, leaving millions of customers without power in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday. The governors of Connecticut and New York have each declared a state of emergency and are calling for investigations into state utility companies’ response. Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Lev Radin/Anadolu […]
A Brazilian crypto businessman who allegedly arranged his former lawyer’s murder rather than pay the man a R$2.5 million ($471,965) bitcoin debt remains jailed after Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected his request for freedom. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary […]
State Rep. La Shawn Ford calls for a ban on college history classes in Illinois and is concerned, “current school history teachings lead to white privilege and a racist society.” Representative Ford stated, “I’m calling on the State Board of Education to end the teaching of history and the local school districts to take immediate action by removing the current history books and curriculum practices that […]
Lebanese last night started online campaigns to help find missing loved ones after two explosions rocked Beirut yesterday afternoon. The blasts were caused when 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, that, according to official reports, had been stored unsafely in Beirut port’s hangar 12 for six years, exploded. At least 100 people are thought to have died, with a further 4,000 seriously injured. Hundreds of people remain missing sparking […]
“This is not consistent with the treatment of these costs during previous disasters and undermines the overall response to the virus,” they add. Multiple state leaders and the National Guard Association — which represents tens of thousands of Guard members — told POLITICO they don’t know of a single time in the past that states were required to shoulder part of the cost of a federal […]
Just one day after Democrats at a Senate hearing on destructive riots in Portland denied that description and claimed otherwise peaceful protests turned violent because of the presence of federal officers, the state police declared a riot, which included gunfire, a stabbing, and setting the Portland Police Association building on fire. To those attempting to break into and/or damage the Portland Police Association building: Stop now […]
During a Tuesday night interview, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo got into a heated debate with two men who are facing jail time for opening their New Jersey gym against state COVID-19 lockdown orders. Last week, Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, N.J. was raided by county sheriffs and co-founders Frank Trumbetti and Ian Smith were arrested for violating Governor Murphy’s (D) authoritarian shutdown order. Smith and Trumbetti joined […]
In a sale which we are confident will be defended as just “selling for tax purposes” or “considering charitable giving” and certainly not “an admission that Amazon is overpriced”, Jeff Bezos took to the open market this week to dump a million shares of Amazon stock, worth just over $3 billion, company SEC filings revealed on Wednesday. Bezos sold the majority of the shares between $3,106 and $3,167, decreasing […]
(Natural News) U.S. Attorney General William Barr is smarter than every Democrat on Capitol Hill, and he proved it again last week during what can only be described as a clown show disguised as ‘hearings.’ Because in reality, Democrats didn’t want to ‘hear’ anything from him, as evidenced by their continued interruptions every time he attempted to answer their questions. The Epoch Times reported: The Democrats […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008051080078858-how-can-you-say-accident-trump-reiterates-possibility-that-beirut-blast-was-an-attack/ During a press conference Wednesday, “Whatever happened, it’s terrible. But they [US military officials] don’t know what is really is. There’s a lot of turmoil, a lot of problems but we stand with them,” Trump said during the briefing. More details to follow. Source link
A self-styled fortune teller and three of her clients are on trial after one of them sought out her services in order to prevent her husband from having a second wife, they are also accused of desecrating a grave, reported World Morocco News yesterday. The four women are standing trial at the Court of First Instance of Sale, next to the Moroccan capital, Rabat, after three of the […]
“We’re positioning ourselves to provide them whatever assistance we can, humanitarian aid, medical supplies, you name it, to assist the people of Lebanon,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday that most officials believe the deadly explosion in Beirut this week was “an accident,” just hours after President Donald Trump called it an attack. While Esper is still getting information about the […]
Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in a Los Angeles suburb have been served a letter from the city threatening to impose a $1,000 daily fine if the church does not comply with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order for some churches in the state to be shuttered because of the coronavirus. “The state has absolutely no power to impose the restrictions it is demanding,” Jenna Ellis, […]
WASHINGTON – It’s hard to hit targets you can’t see. That’s the problem Willie Nelson is trying to solve as director of the Army’s Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) Cross-Functional Team. In that role, Nelson is integrating the Army’s efforts to locate beyond-line-of-sight threats and delivering accurate targeting data to weapons systems in a timely manner. In order to do that, his team is leveraging […]
By Eric Basmajian of EPB Macro Research Deflation remains a more credible risk, not inflation. The output gap suggests core inflation could sink below 0.5% in the coming years. FX hedged Treasury yields remain higher than yields at home. This will increase foreign appetite for US rates. From a longer-term secular standpoint, economic growth will fall into a new regime, sub 2%, which will weigh on […]
As George Washington put it, “a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils”. He warned that sympathy for the favourite nation encourages the illusion of common interest where none really exists, risks participation in its quarrels and wars, and involves“concessions to the favourite nation of privileges denied to others which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions by […]
A couple whose daughter was taken off life support against their wishes has won a court battle to publish footage of their brutal treatment by UK cops. Rashid and Aliya Abbasi spoke to RT on seeking justice for young Zainab. After winning the right to have footage of Rashid’s brutal arrest at his dying daughter’s bedside made public on Friday, the respiratory doctor and his wife […]
Work In The Time Of COVID-19 By Rebecca Gordon, Tom Dispatch. August 5, 2020 Work In The Time Of COVID-192020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/farm-zuchinni-harvest-florida-e1596652973562.jpg200px200px Above photo: Farmworkers harvest zucchini on April 1, 2020, in Florida City. For many of these workers, social distancing is not a viable option. Joe Raedle/Getty Images. NOTE: We want to reiterate that Popular Resistance believes President Trump is a symptom of the systemic causes of the crises […]
An Indonesian man was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday for destroying a Quran, the Islamic sacred book. According to AFP, Doni Irawan Malay, 44, was sentenced in a district court in the city of Medan, located in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after being arrested for the crime in February. He was accused of storming out of a mosque in the city and tossing […]
The initial blast of Tuesday’s devastating explosion in Beirut—which has killed at least 100 and injured thousands more—rocked the city’s BBC bureau so severely it knocked a reporter to the floor as she conducted a remote interview. Nearby, women and several children were caught on home security footage watching the explosion from their couch before the blast knocked windows into them. In another video, a terrified […]
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va. on June 4. Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus. Steve Helber/AP hide caption toggle caption Steve Helber/AP Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va. on June 4. Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to […]
Lex Sokolin, a CoinDesk columnist, is Global Fintech co-head at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based blockchain software company. The following is adapted from his Fintech Blueprint newsletter. The news cycle is obsessed with a global technology competition between China and the United States. Whether we look at artificial intelligence, 5G, blockchain or the Internet of Things, these next generation platforms are supposed to be the battleground between the world’s […]
Portland rioters learned a valuable lesson about how motorcycles cannot stop trucks while attacking a motorist on Tuesday evening. Late in the evening, rioters were attempting to block off a street when a man driving a truck pulled up and attempted to navigate his way through. Instead of letting him pass, they attacked him and his vehicle, slashing his tires, breaking his window, and throwing a […]
Luxembourg warned Israel that if it fulfills its plan to annex parts of the West Bank, other European Union countries would recognize Palestine as an independent state, German daily Welt reported Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “So far, nine out of 27 EU countries have recognized Palestine as a separate state. Most of these EU countries, like Hungary or Poland, took this step while belonging to communist systems […]
The government of Iran and leaders of Hezbollah, Iran’s terrorist proxy group in Lebanon, offered assistance to the city of Beirut after a massive explosion on Tuesday caused enormous damage and casualties. Hezbollah issued a statement on Tuesday offering “deepest condolences over the national tragedy which took place in Lebanon in these hard times,” a reference to the economic and political crises that were gripping the […]
WASHINGTON — A pair of artificial intelligence projects from U.S. Army researchers are easing communication barriers that limit the relationship between AI systems and soldiers. The artificial intelligence projects are designed to support ongoing efforts for the Army’s next-generation combat vehicle modernization priority, which includes a focus on autonomous vehicles and AI-enabled platforms. The first project, named the Joint Understanding and Dialogue Interface, or JUDI, is […]
When large forces, for example in bridge construction, act on a heavy beam, the beam will be slightly deformed. Calculating the relationship between forces, internal stresses and deformations is one of the standard tasks in civil engineering. But what happens when you apply these considerations to tiny objects — for example, to a single DNA double helix? Experiments with DNA molecules show that their mechanical properties […]
Submitted by Adventures in Capitalism I have spent a lot of time on this site speaking about “Project Zimbabwe” as this period is so poorly understood and if you get it wrong, you’ll get annihilated. I have also written about how it’s getting strange out there as stocks no longer seem to have floors or ceilings on valuations. The moves are increasingly sudden and random as the active manager community […]
(Natural News) The draft platform for the 2020 Democratic National Committee (DNC) has been released, and as you might expect it is filled with racist, anti-white rhetoric. No fewer than 15 times does this document reference “whites” in a negative context, in each case likening having white skin to “supremacy” or “nationalist” – as if supporting the viability and perpetuity of one’s own country is somehow […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1c/1080001680_0:23:1281:743_1200x675_80_0_0_65bf64cf8ba2ee1a31a297b1c4434fa6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008051080078307-china-agrees-to-fishing-moratorium-off-galapagos-islands-ecuadorian-foreign-ministry-says/ BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – China has agreed to observe a temporary fishing moratorium off the coast of the Galapagos Islands, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday. “The Chinese government has assured Ecuador that it understands and respects its concerns which were conveyed through diplomatic channels. For this reason, a fishing moratorium will be in […]
A large fire which broke out on Wednesday evening at a market in the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates caused no injuries or deaths and had been brought under control, the head of Ajman police said, Reuters reports. Parts of the market which had been closed for four months due to coronavirus precautions collapsed and were completely burned, Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah al-Nuaimi […]
Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar discussed a coronavirus vaccine, saying it is “realistic” to have one in the fall and millions of doses available for distribution by the end of 2020. Azar on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” praised President Donald Trump’s leadership in developing a vaccine, saying the United States has made “the most historic advances in the development of vaccines we […]
Close-up satellite ‘before and after’ photos have been produced by Planet Labs Inc., and republished by CNN, of Tuesday afternoon’s enormous explosion centered on the Beirut port. The images confirm every building at the vital port, through which the majority of commerce and staples, including the nation’s grain supply comes, has been utterly destroyed. BEFORE, via Planet Labs/CNN AFTER, via Planet Labs/CNN A huge crater can be seen […]
…from SouthFront On the evening of August 4th, a massive explosion rocked the port of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, causing devastating damage and leaving thousands of casualties. The explosion sent a shockwave across the city and blew out windows up to 10 kilometers away. It was felt as far away as Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. As of the morning of August 5th, the number […]
A new poll to measure people’s trust in a potential Covid-19 vaccine asked respondents whether they would be more likely to take it if select celebrities and sports stars gave it their stamp of approval. “If each of the following people or groups encouraged Americans to receive the coronavirus vaccine, would you be more or less likely to get vaccinated or would it not have an […]
Atomic Bombings At 75: The Illegality Of Nuclear Weapons By Francis Boyle, Consortium News. August 5, 2020 Atomic Bombings At 75: The Illegality Of Nuclear Weapons2020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/destruction-after-the-dropping-of-the-nuclear-bomb-from-the-fallout.jpg200px200px Above photo: Destruction after the dropping of the nuclear bomb from The Fallout. The mere possession of nuclear weapons violates the Nuremberg Principles (decreed a day before Nagasaki) and other international laws. The human race stands on the verge of nuclear self-extinction […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080078068_0:0:1366:768_1200x675_80_0_0_7a50cc442e6b253716941a590adb61ea.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008051080078114-video-chinas-type-075-helicopter-carrier-sets-sail-for-first-sea-trials/ China’s first amphibious assault ship, the Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD), has been put to sea for the first time on Wednesday. Photos and video on social media showed the warship being escorted away from the docks by the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai by tugboats on Wednesday morning, before steaming away under its own power. Judged to […]
I sleep hot. It’s a fact I have grown to accept, although it took me a while. I have tried plenty of things to alleviate my extreme temperature — like cooling sheets, comforters, pillows, AC units, even pajamas. While these all made marginal improvements, I realized that part of the problem was my memory foam mattress. It was time for a change. Unlike a foam mattress […]
The police chief in Aurora, Colo., has apologized after officers handcuffed children and reportedly drew their weapons on a Black family — an incident that was captured on video Sunday, and which renewed criticisms that the department is racially insensitive and disconnected from its community. The woman and four girls had been wrongly detained, police later acknowledged. “I want to reach out and just tell the […]
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been clogging the Ethereum network, but not in the way most analysts would have guessed. An architectural quirk in the most-used software version of Ethereum, Geth, has led to an uptick in the practice of spamming the network to secure trade profits over the last six months, according to Certus One co-founder Hendrik Hofstadt. Transaction spamming is one of many reasons the […]
(Note: As more people spend time online, we appreciate you supporting American businesses through sponsored posts like the below and publishers like Gateway Pundit. Thank you – we appreciate your support!) Online dangers grow by the day. Every week, there’s a new cybersecurity threat, a new credit card hack, and a new way for your private information to fall into the wrong hands. Wouldn’t it be […]
This year’s Istanbul Music Festival, which will mark the 250th birthday of classical music maestro Ludwig van Beethoven, will be held online, the organizers announced on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “The 48th Istanbul Music Festival will meet with music lovers virtually between 18 September and 5 October 2020,” said the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) in a statement. “Curated around this year’s theme, The Enlightened […]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) secured victory in her primary election in Detroit, Michigan, and claimed her win signals the “Squad” is “here to stay” and “only getting bigger.” “Let it be known that in the 13th District, just like in communities across our country, we are done with establishment politics that put corporations first,” Tlaib said as she declared victory. “If I was considered the most […]
Recently a spate of prominent British companies apologized for their past involvement in slavery. Some have even declared intent to pay reparations. As private organizations these entities have the right to make their own choices on reparations. Their stated reasoning, however, demands more scrutiny. The British government has not promised reparations to former colonies, but based on the astounding growth of the “church of wokeness,” political figures in coming […]
Update (1530ET): Hours after UConn became the first major football team to cancel its 2020 season, the Big Ten has just released its schedule for the 2020 season, which calls for the first games on the weekend of Sept. 5, with final games slated for Nov. 21, in an effort to align with academic calendars. The football schedule starts as early as the weekend of Sept. […]
(Natural News) Over the weekend, rioters in Portland took their “protests” to a whole new level by burning Bibles in the street, just like the Nazis did prior to World War II. In addition to burning American flags, protesters who gathered in front of the Justice Center and the federal courthouse in downtown Portland set ablaze many copies of the Word of God, which they proudly […]
New reports indicate that 2020 presidential campaign latecomer and Birthday Party (BDY) nominee Kanye West is receiving assistance from at least four individuals who have previously maintained close ties to the Republican Party and GOP politics. Vice News revealed Tuesday evening that Lane Ruhland, “an experienced GOP operative with ties to President Trump’s campaign,” was the individual seen submitting signature papers to the Wisconsin Elections Commission […]
A massive warehouse explosion in Beirut killed at least 100 people and injured nearly 4,000. Lebanese President Michel Aoun said 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures, Reuters reports. Below are details of ammonium nitrate and expert comment: * Ammonium nitrate is an industrial chemical commonly used in fertilisers and as an explosive for quarrying and […]
Senate Leadership Fund typically does not launch its final ad campaign for the general election until September, unlike its Democratic counterpart Senate Majority PAC, which has already been on air in multiple battlegrounds this summer. The earlier and large investment in August represents both confidence in the GOP group’s fundraising — and the realities of the challenging environment and landscape Republicans are facing this fall. Steven […]
Only 42 percent of American adults say they will get the coronavirus vaccine, according to a Yahoo News/YouGov poll. This is a tracking poll of 1,506 American adults taken between July 28 – 30. Back in early May when the poll first started asking this question, 55 percent said they would agree to get vaccinated. Slippage has occurred every month since. In late May the number […]
The U.S. space and missile defense community’s challenge is simple: stay ahead of the threat from nations such as China, North Korea and Russia. Across the Department of Defense, leaders are adapting existing systems to better counter the current threat, moving forward on major programs of record that improve nearly every element of the kill chain, and investing in next-generation technologies, such as radars, hypersonics and […]
Authored by Teddy Vallee, Founder & CIO of Pervalle Global, It has been a tough decade for macro, with annualized returns of 1% failing to outpace the S&P 500 in nine of the last ten years. While there have been clear opportunities, increasing levels of Central Bank intervention and lower growth profiles have taken the life, yield, and volatility out of many macro assets. The global bond market […]
Inca Llama Carving Recovered From Depths of Lake Titicaca Claire Bugos/Smithsonianmag.com In the 15th or 16th century, members of the Inca civilization fashioned a stone box filled with sacred offerings and dropped it deep into Lake Titicaca. It remained there, undisturbed, for some 500 years. The box was remarkably well preserved upon its rediscovery several years ago, acting as a time capsule for the team that […]
After a colossal port explosion rocked the capital city of Beirut, the Lebanese government has decided to put all officials who oversaw storage and security there since 2014 under house arrest, until investigations are complete. The country’s Information Minister Manal Abdelsamad said the military will oversee their confinement, until all those responsible among the suspects are found. The port officials will be put under arrest “as […]
I Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil! By Danny Sjursen, Antiwar.com. August 5, 2020 I Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil!2020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/us-marines-in-afghanistan-e1594064711313.jpg200px200px Above photo: The US 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit after seizing a Taliban forward-operating base Nov. 25, 2001, shortly after U.S. invasion. Sergeant Joseph R. Chenelly, US Marine Corps. Blocking withdrawal from a hopeless Afghan War opposed even by its veterans, counts as criminally heinous – […]
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The Type 075 LHD (Landing Helicopter Dock), China’s first domestically built amphibious warfare ship, has been conducting sea trials, according to Chinese state media. The Type 075 LHD departed the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai. on 5 August to conduct sea trials. China’s amphibious assault ship at around 1:30 PM local time departing its pier at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard, according to local sources. – ADVERTISEMENT […]
The NYPD embedded at least one undercover informant among protesters demonstrating against police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s death, a newly unsealed court filing reveals. The disclosure was buried in an FBI affidavit in the case of Jeremy Trapp, 24, who was arrested by the NYPD on July 17, after he allegedly attempted to cut the brake lines on an NYPD van parked in […]
People gather near the hearse carrying the body of Rayshard Brooks after his June 23 funeral. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images People gather near the hearse carrying the body of Rayshard Brooks after his June 23 funeral. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A former Atlanta police officer, charged with fatally shooting a Black man in a Wendy’s parking lot in June, has sued […]
Publicly traded business intelligence company MicroStrategy said it will invest $250 million of its excess cash in bitcoin, gold and other “alternative assets” over the next 12 months as a hedge against U.S. dollar (USD) inflation. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an […]
A Portland theater has cancelled a planned showing of the 1990 comedy Kindergarten Cop because some social justice warriors complained on Twitter that it glorifies policing. The film was scheduled to be played during the Northwest Film Center’s summer drive-in series “for its importance in Oregon filmmaking history” because it was shot in Astoria. The theater daring to show a classic funny movie about a cop prompted a […]
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has defeated an establishment Democratic primary challenger, claiming victory Wednesday against Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, Anadolu reports. Tlaib, a high profile lawmaker who is part of the progressive group of female lawmakers known as the “squad,” thanked supporters in a statement posted to Twitter, but stressed “the work continues.” “Headlines said I was the most vulnerable member of the Squad,” she […]
Crime is soaring in New York City’s Upper East Side, home to many of America’s billionaires, as Democrats, including Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), continue their efforts to defund the police. New York City’s Upper East Side, overseen by NYPD’s 19th Precinct, has seen a tremendous uptick in criminal activity over the last month. According to the precinct, they have experienced a “significant uptick in robberies” over […]
A little over two months ago, Bank of America became gold’s biggest cheerleader on Wall Street (and has been spot on so far) in predicting that the price of the yellow metal would hit $3000 in about 18 months due to “loose monetary and fiscal policies around the world” and with the US elections scheduled for November and the EU’s Recovery Fund in place from January […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) labeled billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey a “racist” after she claimed white people enjoy privilege “no matter” what. Responding to recent comments made by Winfrey on her “The Oprah Conversation” show, in which she claimed all white people have a “leg up” because of their “whiteness,” Cruz slammed the daytime TV host for denigrating an entire race. Billionaire Oprah lectures the rest […]
(Natural News) A swarm of mystery drones recently descended on the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station near Tonopah, Arizona, located about 25 miles west of Phoenix, and nobody knows where they came from or why they were there. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) described the incident as “drone-a-palooza,” expressing worry that drones might be used in the future to conduct an “adversarial attack” against a high-level […]
Beirut’s mayor has already likened the tragic incident with the notorious bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which happened almost exactly 75 years ago. The harrowing devastation and horrendous “mushroom cloud” that appeared above Beirut’s port seconds before the blast wave ripped through the nearby districts could not but spark comparisons with the only two times in history when nuclear weapons were used against cities […]
Students in Madrid want their King Juan Carlos University to change its name, a few towns plan the same for their streets, and memes mocking the former monarch are circulating widely after he left the country amid a corruption scandal, Reuters reports. The constitution, political fragmentation and opinion polls that show the population is divided on the issue mean the latest scandal, involving investigations into a […]
The “Back the Blue” mural that appeared in front of Tampa’s Police Department headquarters was vandalized with red paint and tar, city officials said Wednesday. A video from WTVT showed splashes of red paint and tar across the mural. The Tampa Bay Times reported that much of the vandalism appeared to cover the word “blue.” It is unclear at this point who damaged the mural. A spokesperson […]
After Tuesday’s deadly blast in Beirut which Lebanon’s PM linked to 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate which had unsafely sat in storage on the port going back to 2013, the governor of Beirut has estimated the damage is so pervasive throughout the city as to have left hundreds of thousands homeless. Within a one mile radius, entire sides of residential buildings were ripped off. Getty Images During […]
In Pursuit of the Perfect Photo, Tourist Accidentally Breaks Sculpture’s Toes by Nora McGreevy/Smithsonianmag.com Last week, a tourist visiting the Museo Antonio Canova in northern Italy staged a photoshoot with unexpected consequences. Posing next to a 216-year-old plaster sculpture of a reclining woman, he sat down near the statue’s feet and leaned in, inadvertently snapping off several of its toes, according to a statement. Italian officials say that […]
FA Cup winners Arsenal are facing a barrage of negative publicity after announcing that 55 jobs within the club are to be cut due to the coronavirus pandemic, as boss Mikel Arteta plots several lucrative transfer deals. A statement issued on Wednesday announcing the job cuts explained that the club were taking several measures to address the drop in broadcast revenue endured throughout the ongoing COVID-19 […]
Parents Stand With Educators On Safety Before Reopening Schools By Brenda Álvarez, NEA Today. August 5, 2020 Parents Stand With Educators On Safety Before Reopening Schools2020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/reopening_protest-e1596645944554.jpeg200px200px Above photo: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer. Many parents nationwide are questioning whether it’s safe to send their kids back to a brick and mortar school this fall. With varied life circumstances, and different districts and schools choosing different options, it’s a daunting […]
Lawmakers in Britain have suggested that the spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions, on new arrivals entering the country. The Home Affairs committee said a lack of border measures earlier in the pandemic was a “serious mistake”. Political Commentator Mandy Boylett believes that the UK failed to manage its borders correctly during the coronavirus pandemic. Sputnik: Did Britain fail to […]
Russia has deployed additional armed vehicles and soldiers to its border with Belarus amid an unprecedented escalation of tensions between Moscow and neighboring Minsk. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has reported that over 3,000 troops and more than 800 items of armament and military hardware, including main battle tanks, will deploy to military training grounds along the border with Belarus. “Over […]
The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks during a June arrest after he fell asleep in his car at a Wendy’s drive-thru is suing the mayor and interim police chief over his termination, claiming the decision violated his constitutional rights. Garrett Rolfe, 27, currently faces 11 charges—including felony murder—for shooting Brooks on June 12 as he was running away through the crowded fast-food […]
Facebook’s new Reels feature allows users to create and share short videos, similar to TikTok. Facebook hide caption toggle caption Facebook Facebook’s new Reels feature allows users to create and share short videos, similar to TikTok. Facebook Facebook has launched its answer to TikTok, the wildly popular video-sharing app that the Trump administration considers a national security threat. Reels is a new feature on Instagram, the […]
The 17-year-old behind July’s Twitter hack has pled not guilty; the defense says bail posted is “grossly inappropriate” to the amount of money stolen. Source link
Democrat Joe Biden will not travel to the DNC Convention this year in Milwaukee. His handlers say its because of the coronavirus.We all know the REAL truth. Joe Biden is too feeble to travel across country.This is who the Democrat-Marxists want to hoist on the American public! Who wants to bet his speech will be pre-taped!! TRENDING: “Why the Hell Would I Take a Test?… Are […]
Tech giant Google has been accused of squeezing out rival search engines due to fears that it would “lose relevance” based on recently released internal emails. The Telegraph reports that tech giant Google alleged forced out rival search engines due to fears that it would “lose relevance” according to leaked internal emails. Messages between company executives suggest that the company developed its own comparison search engines for […]
Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden in another train wreck interview on Wednesday with CBS asked a black journalist if he was a junky for asking about taking a cognitive test ahead of the election in November. During the National Association of Black and Hispanic Journalists convention, CBS correspondent Errol Barnett asked Biden if he’d be willing to take a cognitive test to assuage concerns from the […]
As gun violence and murders spiral out of control in New York City amid BLM riots and the decision to disband the NYPD’s plainclothes anti-crime units, the city’s crime spree has reached the Upper East Side – home to billionaires and mere multi-millionaires alike. According to Fox News, the 19th Precinct – which oversees the Upper East Side between East 59th Street and East 96th Street […]
(Natural News) AstraZeneca is one of twenty-five pharmaceutical companies that are entering into liability-free vaccine contracts with governments around the world. These corrupt contracts give the vaccine maker legal immunity when their vaccines harm people, giving pharmaceutical companies power over the courts. The rule of law is officially dead, as millions of victims line up to be injected by experimental inoculations where there will be no […]
The deadly explosion, which levelled the Lebanese capital’s port and severely damaged nearby areas, left at least 80 people dead and thousands more injured. The city’s hospitals are filled to the brim and countries around the world are rushing to offer their assistance. Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations has announced that the first of its planes loaded with humanitarian aid for Beirut, intended to help local […]